Lead Stories

Consumers of Jamaican exports to the United States (US) can now expect to face increased prices as the 10 per cent tariff imposed by President Donald Trump on all countries has taken effect for the Caribbean nation. Jamaica was hoping to escape...

In what one senior trade unionist has called the largest monetary dispute ever brought before the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) in its 50-year history, the quasi-judicial body began hearing a case last Thursday between the Jamaica Medical...

Residents of Manchester Central appear split over whether Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) incumbent Rhoda Moy Crawford deserves a second term as the clock ticks toward the general election expected by September. She is facing a challenge from Donovan...

WESTERN BUREAU: Daniel Town Primary School in Trelawny and its surrounding community are now benefiting from an impactful sanitation project led by Public Health Inspector Intern Lisa Harris. Speaking at a handover ceremony where the school...

Local subcontractors who worked on the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Programme (SCHIP) will be paid monies owed to them “shortly”, Minister with responsibility for Works, Robert Morgan has committed. Morgan’s statement follows concerns from...

WESTERN BUREAU: For the last nine years, Andrea Hall has been honouring the legacy of her daughter, former Miss Universe Jamaica Shakira Martin, who died of sickle cell complications, through the Shak’s Hope Foundation. Hall’s mission is to assist...

Justice Leighton Pusey is expected to rule next week Thursday on whether three witnesses will be allowed to testify from overseas in the Donna-Lee Donaldson murder trial. The special measures application, which the prosecution sought ahead of the...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising the public that it will operate select tax offices in several parishes on Saturdays, beginning today. The decision follows an announcement by Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Dr Mark Smith has announced the establishment of four state-of-the-art coding laboratories in schools across the island, which he expects to significantly boost the teaching-learning...

Jamaica’s Supreme Court is being asked to quash a decision by the St James Municipal Corporation to remove political posters of prospective candidates for the upcoming general election and to bar the local authority from taking any similar action....

The resurgence of mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue, chikungunya, and Zika remains a pressing concern across Latin America and the Caribbean. In response, top virologists gathered yesterday at The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus...

Expressing disappointment over construction delays, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced a September deadline for completion of the overnight-stay suite for parents at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) in St...